[mythtv-users] Setup advice

[Chris Ribe]

One more thing:

Even though you have 5 TVs, make sure you really need 5 tuners. How often
are all 5 TV's in use at the same time? Now, consider that each of those 5
TV's will have access to a huge library of previously recorded shows and
DVDs. Now, how likely is it that you will ever need 5 tuners simultaneously?


On 11/2/05, Chris Ribe <chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> MPEG4 will never work with something like the MediaMVP. It has a chip
> dedicated to video decoding that doesn't understand MPEG4 and never will.
>
> On 11/2/05, Chris Ribe <chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > An admittedly ugly/noisy solution, but and whitebox/dell/gateway pc
> > ca.1998-2000 w/ a 17" CRT will make a decent frontend.
> >
> > 17" CRTs can be had for free, and they work as HDTV monitors!
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/2/05, Joshua Lewis <jmlewis at dslextreme.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > So do I make MPEG4 work?
> > >
> > > Do I wait untill they release a new version or do you think they will
> > > enable that with some kind of update?
> > >
> > > Does anyone else have a setup model like mine? Do you use some cheap
> > > PC or
> > > something? I am looking for super cheap thinclient front ends I am
> > > dumping
> > > all the money into the back end.
> > >
> > > So any recomendations on front end hardware is welcome. There is a new
> > > AOPEN MiniPC (Wannabe Apple MACMini) that looks like it would work but
> > > I
> > > am not familiar with linux hardware to say one way or another.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Joshua Lewis
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Peter Darley
> > > > Michael,
> > > > That's great, I probably just missed it. How do you do it?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Peter Darley
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > > > [mailto: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Mr. Myth
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:10 PM
> > > > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Setup advice
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Peter Darley wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Third, the MVPs can't delete shows, so the users will have to pay
> > > >> atention to what they watch and then delete it through mythweb or
> > > >> something. This probably doesn't pass your ease of use test. I
> > > >> doubt that my wife would be willing to do that, for example.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I can delete shows just fine from my mvp. I have only had it for a
> > > few
> > > > months but it has always worked.
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > > >
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